Just then, a male crew member hurried over, a trace of uncertainty in his voice as he reported.
"My lords, something ahead is blocking our path."
"It looks... pretty fierce. Sh-should we stop?"
Lingxiao glanced in the direction beyond the bridge and asked casually.
"Did the alarm go off?"
The crew member scratched his head.
"N-no."
Lingxiao withdrew her gaze, her tone level.
"Then sail straight through!"
Meanwhile, outside.
In the Demon Whale Sea.
Rumble-!
The sea suddenly burst open, and an enormous dark silhouette slowly surfaced!
It was a whale.
A whale so enormous that its sheer size inspired despair.
His thousand-meter body was black as ink, his skin covered in ancient, dark-red demonic markings, with faint bloody light flowing through their lines.
A single horn atop his forehead pierced the sea mist, deep-purple electrical arcs gathering at its tip.
Every breath whipped up raging winds and towering waves for miles around!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King!
The uncrowned king of these waters for ten thousand years, a terrifying existence just half a step from becoming a deity!
But having only just awakened, he clearly had no idea what had happened outside during that time.
His enormous single eye fixed on the behemoth before him, ferocity blazing in its depths.
"What is this thing?"
"You dare disturb my slumber? Are you courting death?!"
He let out a roar!
Rumble-!
Violent sound waves swept across the sea, vast expanses of seawater surging backward and raising waves a thousand feet high!
Yet the distant Jingming did not so much as sway.
Not only did it refuse to stop, it was accelerating!
"You actually... show me this little respect?!"
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was so enraged that every demonic marking on his body lit up.
"Even the Sea God himself never dared act so brazenly when passing through my territory back then!!"
"Stop this instant!!"
Yet his only answer was the sound of the bow cleaving the waves, drawing ever closer, ever faster.
Watching the Jingming continue to accelerate, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King flew into a rage.
In all his years of life, this was the first time anyone had ignored him so completely!
"Fine! Very well!"
"Don't think I can't deal with you just because you're big!"
"I'll show you what a demigod's power looks like!!!"
As his words fell, his thousand-meter body abruptly pitched forward, every demonic marking blazing as he gathered his strength!
Then he charged headfirst at the Jingming!
Behind him, a slightly smaller Deep Sea Demon Whale was desperately chasing after him.
It was none other than the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife, the Demon Empress!
"Husband! Don't be rash! This isn't something we can..."
Before she could finish.
Boom!!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had already charged ahead.
The Demon Empress froze in place and slowly closed her eyes.
It's over.
She had failed to stop him.
After all, her husband had spent too long in seclusion and knew nothing.
She was different. When the Heavenly Screen appeared, she had seen everything clearly.
That was an existence who could casually bring out two Million-Year Soul Beasts and a deity...
Even more terrifying were those Soul Tools.
Soul Tools capable of godslaying.
The Soul Tools in that projection just now-the countless gun barrels, the steel warships, the aircraft formations that blotted out the sky.
My husband is in grave danger!
Meanwhile, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had already reached the Jingming.
He did not roar again.
He decided to give this iron hulk that knew neither the height of heaven nor the depths of earth a little taste of deep-sea terror!
To broaden its horizons!
"Deified Armor!!"
A deep blast of sound exploded from his throat, like the tolling of an ancient bronze bell!
In an instant, the Whale Pearl within him, passed down through the ages, began working furiously, boundless energy surging from the depths of his bloodline.
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!
Dark-gold energy seeped out from beneath his scales, gathering, taking shape, and forming armor across his thousand-meter body!
Within a single breath, a suit of dark-gold armor had been forged over his entire body!
Its plates overlapped like dragon scales, their edges as menacing as blades.
Deep-purple lightning patterns flowed across every plate. This was no ordinary condensation of energy.
It was the ultimate armor, forged with the Whale Pearl's essence as the furnace and millennia of cultivation melted down within it!
His physical body was already approaching god level, and now he had this ultimate armor on top of it!
The strength of his defense approached god level!
Heaven and earth changed color!
Dark clouds scattered and fled before that vicious aura, while the deep-sea currents churned like boiling water.
Clad in divine armor, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's eyes blazed red as he dragged immense waves behind him and slammed forward!!
The Heavenly Screen broadcast this scene to both continents as well.
Everyone on the Holy Spirit Continent wore an expression of disdain.
Nothing but a stray dog by the roadside.
Upon seeing this, the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent began speculating.
[Yu Xiaogang: I've read about this Soul Beast in ancient texts. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, with nine hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation!] [Yu Xiaogang: With that Deified Armor added on, his physical body can practically rival god level!] [Yu Yuanzhen: That sounds promising. Won't he punch a hole in the Jingming?] [Ning Fengzhi: That should be no problem. After all, the Jingming looks like it put all its points into attack, so its defense should be average. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might not win, but punching a hole in it should be perfectly possible!] [Tang Xiao: I agree!] [Bo Saixi: +1]
Everyone thought he really would punch a hole in it!
But was that truly how things would turn out?
"BOOM-!!!"
Every Soul Master watching the Heavenly Screen turned their attention to it.
The two collided!
In an instant, heaven and earth changed color!
Waves ten thousand feet high rose from the sea, the waters for hundreds of miles around surging backward. Terrifying sound waves crushed across the surface, tearing a massive hole even through the dark clouds overhead!
However.
The one sent flying.
Was not the Jingming.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King did not hold out for even a second!
His thousand-meter body shot backward ten thousand feet, like a marble casually flicked away by a giant!
Along the way, the Deified Armor he took such pride in shattered inch by inch, dark-gold plates exploding outward like scattered raindrops.
Before the Jingming's bow, it was as fragile as a layer of paper!
"Pfft-!"
In midair, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King spewed a huge mouthful of vital blood, the bloody mist spilling over the sea and staining a hundred feet of waves red!
"Bam-!!"
His thousand-meter body crashed down, plowing a deep, bloody furrow through the sea and tumbling for miles before finally coming to a stop.
He was now grievously wounded all over.
His dark-gold armor was completely shattered, and gaping wounds crisscrossed his black whale skin, so deep that bone showed through.
Not a single patch of flesh on his body remained intact.
"Ugh... cough..."
He lay in the bloodied water, without even the strength to moan. All that remained were his labored breaths and a dazed, disbelieving look in his eye.
I was...
Rammed into this state... by a ship?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
My cultivation is at the demigod level.
With the armor-with the armor reinforcing it, my physical body is absolutely at god level!
How could I fail to withstand an iron ship?
Did my nine hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation all go into the dirt?
Nearby, the Demon Empress had already been scared out of her wits. She rushed forward in a flurry, seized her husband's tail tightly with her soul power, and desperately dragged him behind the nearby reefs.
"Husband, hurry! Hurry!"
"There seems to be an even more terrifying existence behind that ship!"
Meanwhile, inside the Jingming.
The hull rocked slightly.
That was all.
That faint tremor had not even spilled the water in the teacups.
Ao Che and Jun Mowen exchanged a glance, then approached the command station together.
Holding the Abyss-Suppressing Dragon Spear, Ao Che frowned slightly.
"What happened? Is something going on?"
Lingxiao's tone was indifferent.
"Just a speed bump. Nothing important."
"Get ready. We'll reach the waters around Sea God Island in less than twenty minutes!"
"Do not disappoint the Holy Spirit God King!"
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